Salvete Omnes,
on the eve of Christmas Eve , with all the shopping and cleaning still going on, having decorated the Christmas tree, let us turn, for a brief moment, to the beautiful arts.
So we can take a 'peak' at the Magi traveling to Bethlehem, arriving on January 6th, to perform proskynesis in front of Our Lord. The 'peak' through the art of the amazing Middle Ages art
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
Christmas is around the corner, so to speak, and let us canter to an atelier of a Flemish master Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) from Antwerp, who is well known for his numerous mythological and religious paintings. Unusually for that time period and cultural milieu Jacob had only teacher, Adam van Noort, who also taught Peter Paul Rubens.
But as my blog goes I will limit my gallery of Jordaens to his equestrian themed works:
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| huge shanks on the curb-bits |
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| rohatyna or boar spear, hunting spear |
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tapestry design
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
for long time I have been thinking about posting something about the Celtic chariot of the Iron Age.
While looking at the photos of the 2018 exhibit in Italy - A cavallo del tiemp - on display at the Lemon House in Florence, Italy, I came across this amazing stele from Museo Civico in Padua. (all images from Wiki Commons).
The object come from pre-Roman period, when the Veneti people fought and traded with the Cisalpine Celtic people west, south, north and north-east of their own Veneto.
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| Stele funeraria preromana con carro celtico, da via ognissanti a padova (musei eremitani) |
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| a close ups |
On Academia.org there are many articles about the chariot of the Celts.
eg Celtic chariot in Bulgaria.
from Chariot to Cavalry.
Newbridge, Scotland chariot - on page 60 detailed reconstruction drawings of this chariot (including dimensions).
Celtic chariots in Slovenia.
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
a short entry - Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630AD) - already I posted one entry on maestro Esaias's drawings last year.
So perhaps a few of his works showing his paintings depicting ambuscades and attacks on the travelers etc in the countryside (he was a master of landscape painting).
